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Also known as: Horapollo, Hor-Apollo, Hor-Apollon, Horapollo senior, Гораполлон, هورابولو
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Plutarch40–120ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHis 'On Isis and Osiris' offers symbolic, philosophical readings of Egyptian religion and signs. (AI reason)
Clement of Alexandria150–215ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetThe Stromata discuss Egyptian scripts and symbolic writing within late antique allegorical thought. (AI reason)
Iamblichus245–325ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetOn the Mysteries of the Egyptians blends Neoplatonism with Egyptian symbolic theology. (AI reason)
Aelian?–235ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetOn the Nature of Animals collects marvellous animal lore that overlaps with Horapollo's symbolic zoology. (AI reason)
- Andrea Alciato1492–1550ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
His Emblemata, inspired by the Hieroglyphica, pairs images with symbolic moral meanings. (AI reason)
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- Piero Valeriano Bolzani1477–1558ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
His Hieroglyphica is a vast Renaissance expansion of Horapollo's symbolic dictionary. (AI reason)
- Hermes TrismegistusReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
The Hermetic Corpus shares the Greco-Egyptian esoteric milieu and symbolic wisdom tradition. (AI reason)
Athanasius Kircher1602–1680ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetOedipus Aegyptiacus pursues esoteric, symbolic decipherment of hieroglyphs in Horapollo's tradition. (AI reason)
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